Partners

The Growing Autonomous Mission Management Applications (GAMMA) is a three year £9.1 million, Autonomous Systems programme aimed at driving SME engagement and developing technology within the emerging autonomous systems markets.

Activity in the programme will receive £4.42m of RGF funding and £4.6m of in kind contribution from the following delivery partners:

	BAE Systems is a global company engaged in the development, delivery and support of advanced defence, security and aerospace systems in the air, on land and sea.
	The North West Aerospace Alliance is the key industry organisation in the region, representing and uniting companies and organisations involved in the aerospace sector supply chain.

	Lancaster University is one of the UK’s leading research-intensive Universities consistently ranking in the top 10. The School of Computing and Communications (SCC) is ranked 7th in the last REF on its 3* and 4* outputs and 100% of its impact is 4*. It has a research portfolio of £12M+ funded by RCUK, EU, The Royal Society and industry. SCC is located in Infolab21, a recognised Centre of Excellence in ICT which includes an embedded Knowledge Business Centre (KBC). SCC comprises 200+ people, including 44 academics organised in 8 research groups (including the Data Science Group (DSG) and Intelligent Systems a Research Lab (ISRL) as well as the KBC. Professor Angelov ( PI of GAMMA at Lancaster University) leads both, the DSG and ISRL which has a combined force of 20+ permanent staff ranging from Lecturer to Reader, postdoctoral Researchers, PhD Students. Read More
	NNL play a key role in the UK and global nuclear industry. That means reducing the cost of clean-up and decommissioning, maintaining critical skills and attracting talented new people to the industry.
	The University of Liverpool is one of the great centres of research, knowledge and innovation. Our pioneering reputation attracts students, experts and partners from around the world. Through our research, teaching and collaborations we seek to be life changing and world shaping.
	Salford is an ambitious University, with our 20,000 students contributing enormously to the local economy and our expertise transforming individuals and communities through excellent teaching, research, innovation and engagement.
	With a world class academic reputation firmly rooted in relevance, UCLan is focused on a future of providing innovative thinking – for the real world. Read More
	The VEC has established itself within the Aerospace sector, providing exploratory virtual laboratories and bespoke modelling and simulation solutions with support for integration across the product lifecycle and throughout the Aerospace supply chain.

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